Seems like the real trick here would be to get the names with path of the files to delete.

so I wondered if the find command would work universally:
for the supercookies
#find ./.mozilla -name webappsstore.sqlite
For me this returns an exact listing of the files to be deleted.
(from both firefox&seamonkey profiles)
Not sure what to do next though.

update:
used this successfully to delete, with a webappsstore.sqlite & coolkies.sqlite present in both seamonkey and firefox profiles and assuming the default dir of ~/

better run that by the experts in programming thread though, to make sure
In the case of both firefox and seamonkey, when the app is running, the file webappstore.sqlite didn't exist on disk so was probably somewhere in a protected memory space. There is also a special lock file (link to socket) in the profile dir when they are running.

for the regular cookies in firefox and seamonkey 2.x:. I just deleted cookies.sqlite and cookies.sqlite-journal in my seamonkey profile while it was running, restarted and its fine.

"Root" paranoia, or old fashioned meddling in others' affairs, does seem to be getting out of hand nowadays, with it seems like every busy-botty in cyberland hyperventilating with concern their neighbor might be "endangering" himself running as root.

For a "stealth shield" for puppy users, whose "root" is a user-root, may I suggest 'alias'? I think even busybox has it.

If an aliasing can't be done in the browser by adding an alias for "root" to an alias list the browser reads (It has to be the browser the cyber-land busy-botties are getting their spasm-inducing information that a connecting puppy user is user-named "root"), then maybe add a script to alias "root" "growl", or "shield", or "stealth", or "spot", or "spike" or anything except the instant nosebleed inducing "root", and place the alias in the the ID file the browser sends. Maybe an ARF program, sincde that would acronym "Alias Root Fido"...

There's no sense starting a permissions-maze in the puppy computer for a chat program wetting itself for misplaced altruistic concern.

Lobster and Shadow - a tip of the tinfoil hat for security and entertainment in 1 go! I trust I'm ok to keep running this on 5.28.004 even if it says Slacko?
(or will the black helicopters come after me?)

Nooby - if I can do it you can .. just find a directory where you want to put
the Growl script using Rox or whatever file manager you like..into a file you create - in the aforementioned directory

.to do that right click in directory - then select new, then script ..and don't read that code -just cut and paste it into the new file you have now made, save. then just Click! and you can play safe and have fun

(Sadly while re-trying ways to work around this I used BootFlash in 5.28 to format this drive- forgetting that unlike PUI it formats the whole thing not just the partition you may want to install to (I lost 4 years of notes, Puppy wisdom, files, utils and backups.. do NOT try to be a brainiac when you are tired!)

maybe you can include a "Smack! it said 'are you sure'.. Are you? SERIOUSLY?!"
app just for me in 1.7 ...

or maybe someday *I* will... posted code like yours is so cool in Puppy ..
I actually understand some of it, and so elegantly small.. geez me in the
80's hacking vic-20 programs and teaching myself a bit..

.gave up when M$ took the joy of dos from me, got lazy.. found puppy
now not only the old clunkers kept from bygone days gained new life..
real old lappup is a challenge, and getting me looking at why things work
and how.. and the joy of rekindling an interest...

puppians like you who know make it easier than man pages or google
i wiki well but prefer the forum.until i get lost or lost in it.. and a quick
reply from a legend to a newb is always appreciated, thanks for that too.

Great job Lobster. Hope you don't mind if I use this again in the new version of Puppy Crypt when I get around to it. Goings are slow but when it takes you a week to download a 90mb file things usually are...._________________PupRescue 2.5Puppy Crypt 528

Looks pretty handy although is missing being able to change the password for root or other users. Specifically talking about using the passwd command. Last I remember, Puppy's default password for root is blank and should always be changed to secure a Puppy connected to the Internet. Thanks.

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